Tickets are now on sale to see Roger Waters in conversation with Jon Pareles, the chief pop-music critic at The New York Times, on April 26th.

The duo will discuss Waters' first solo studio album in 25 years, entitled "Is This the Life We Really Want?" which is being released on May 19th. With no signs of slowing down, Waters will also be embarking on an extensive tour, "Roger Waters — Us + Them," kicking off on May 26th in Kansas City, then travelling around North America prior to shows anticipated to be announced for other parts of the world.

Taking place at Florence Gould Hall, East 59th Street in New York, the event starts at 7pm. It promises an evening of contemplative discussion about his storied career, his message of humanity, and how empathy is the key to getting the life we really want.

Buy your tickets from Ovationtix.com now.

The UK's Sky Arts TV channel have announced a new series of interviews hosted by former AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson, who left the band last year on medical grounds.

The six-part TV show explores what life is like touring the globe as part of a legendary rock act. Screened weekly on Sky Arts from Friday 28th April onwards, Brian Johnson's Life On The Road sees the vocalist interview six fellow rock icons to get an insight into the ups and downs of being on tour – from the euphoria of performing live in massive stadia to the debauchery, sleep deprivation and fallouts.

The show kicks off with Brian interviewing his friend of 40 years, The Who's Roger Daltrey, and follows with Metallica's Lars Ulrich, Pink Floyd's Nick Mason, Sting, Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott, and Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant. Announcing the show, Sky Arts said: "One of rock music's iconic and tour-hardened frontmen, Brian Johnson, gives us a brand new and exclusive take on one aspect of the rock and roll life: live performance, touring and being 'on the road'."

The schedule for Brian Johnson's Life On The Road is as follows:

• Brian Johnson and Roger Daltrey – 28th April
• Brian Johnson and Lars Ulrich – 5th May
• Brian Johnson and Nick Mason – 12th May
• Brian Johnson and Sting – 19th May
• Brian Johnson and Joe Elliott – 26th May
• Brian Johnson and Robert Plant – 2nd June

As yet, there's no indication that this will be aired outside the UK, although many places in Europe can also see Sky Arts via satellite TV.

One for our friends in the US: On Tuesday, April 4th, The Big Interview with Dan Rather has Roger Waters as his guest. The show airs at 8pm EST/7pm CST on AXS TV. In the interview, Roger will be talking about Syd Barrett, music, politics, and his upcoming Us + Them tour, which starts in North America in May. Please check your local listings for channel number and exact timings. As far as we know, this show will not be available for anyone outside the US to see, sadly.

UPDATE: Yes it will! With thanks to Michael Rowell and Joseph Mitchell for the info, if you go to this direct link at AXS.tv, you can buy (worldwide it seems) the entire interview in HD quality for $2!

Here's a short trailer for the show...

With the Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains getting ever closer (it opens on May 13th 2017, at the Victoria & Albert - or V&A - in London's Kensington) we've now been given these pictures showing the first of the major artefacts arriving, and carefully being taken into the gallery reserved for Their Mortal Remains.

As you'll see from these pictures, the item in question is one of the 'metal' Division Bell heads. With an item as large (and as precious) as this, the narrow corridors and corners found in places such as the V&A prove a tricky task. However, the norm is to use a team who are used to moving such things, and the head reached its final destination.

It's great to see this final stage starting, with the exhibition becoming a reality. Tickets for the exhibition are now on sale, and are priced at £20 (Monday-Friday), £24 (Saturday-Sunday), and concessions, including family tickets at reduced prices, are available. V&A Members go free. Advance booking is strongly advised. Tickets can be purchased using these direct links at Ticketmaster, Seetickets, from the V&A at vam.ac.uk/pinkfloyd, by calling 0800 912 6961 (booking fee applies), or in person at the V&A.

Whether or not you are going to the exhibition, you can enjoy the contents of Their Mortal Remains by placing your order for the 304-page companion book, certain to be an essential addition to the Floydian bookshelf, through the following links: Amazon UK, Amazon.com, Amazon Canada, Amazon France, Amazon Germany, Amazon Spain and Amazon Italy. Orders placed before publication (due to be the opening day of the exhibition - May 13th) will benefit from Amazon's pre-order price guarantee - if the price drops at any point between your order, and the publication date, they automatically will charge you the lowest price.